Rule 025 Commission Administration Fee

The Commission recovers its operating and capital costs through an administration fee imposed on the natural gas and electricity market participants that it has jurisdiction over or any person to whom the Commission provides services. A cost assessment model is the approach being used by the Commission to allocate its costs to the various classes and categories of utilities and persons and to determine the amount of the administration fee imposed on each class and category.

On November 27, 2009 the Commission amended AUC Rule 025 to set out the amounts of the administration fee for the last three months of the Commission's 2009/10 fiscal year. Each utility's revenue requirement and customer count has been updated to reflect the most recent filing under Rule 005, Rules Respecting Annual Reporting Requirements of Operations and Financial Reports.

AUC Rule 025 (effective November 27, 2009)
Bulletin 2009-32

On April 21, 2009 the Commission amended AUC Rule 025 to set out the amounts of the administration fee for the first nine months of the Commission's 2009/10 fiscal year, provide subsequest administration fee for the fiscal year and change the source used for each utility's revenue requirement and customer account.

AUC Rule 025 (effective April 21, 2009)
Bulletin 2009-12
AUC Chief Executive's Letter to 2009/10 Administration Fee Assessment Recipients (May 1, 2009)

On September 30, 2008, the Commission amended AUC Rule 025 that was originally issued on June 27, 2008 to reflect revisions to its estimated net expenditures, and consequently the amount of Administration Fee to be collected from utilities under the jurisdiction of the Commission, as well as the Independent System Operator.

AUC Rule 025 (effective September 30, 2008 to April 20, 2009)
Bulletin 2008-18

The Commission issued AUC Rule 025 on June 27, 2008.

AUC Rule 025
General Bulletin 2008-12
Alberta Utilities Commission: Cost Allocation Model Report April 2008

October 1, 2008
The Commission issued amended Administration Fee Orders to the utilities under its jurisdiction as well as to the Independent System Operator.

Class 1
Category 1 Gas Transmission
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.
ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd.

Category 2 Gas Distribution
ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd.
AltaGas Utilities Inc.

Category 3 Gas Retail
Direct Energy Marketing Ltd.

Category 4 Electric Distribution
ENMAX Power Corporation
EPCOR Distribution and Transmission Inc.
FortisAlberta Inc.
ATCO Electric Ltd.

Category 5 Electric Retail
ENMAX Energy Corporation
EPCOR Energy Alberta Inc. (Edmonton Service Area)
EPCOR Energy Alberta Inc. (FortisAlberta Service Area)
Direct Energy Marketing Limited

Category 6
Independent System Operator

Class 2
Independent System Operator

June 30, 2008
The Commission issued the Administration Fee Orders to the utilities under its jurisdiction as well as to the Independent System Operator.